[Not for now, I’ll save one for you next time.]
[Okay~ Thank you, Brother. Mwah~]
At Qingteng Villa, in the main hall.
Jiang Che leaned against the sofa, ending his chat with the little loli, looking somewhat sentimental.
“Such a cute little thing…”
Liu Mengxi was the perfect example of a sweet and obedient loli, always compliant and agreeable, and she provided him with a great amount of Emotional Points.
With a loli like this, Jiang Che naturally found her extremely likable.
He wasn’t surprised at all that Liu Yunshuang grounded Liu Mengxi.
After all, when he had just returned to the villa earlier, he’d already received a surge of Emotional Points contributed by Liu Yunshuang through the system.
This was perfect—he could take this time to deal with the protagonists.
Just as that thought passed through his mind, the system’s notification suddenly echoed in his head.
[Host, the S-rank bodyguard has arrived. She’s currently outside the villa.]
“Already here?”
Jiang Che’s eyes lit up. He immediately rose from the sofa and walked toward the villa entrance.
Although he already had Lin Qiang, a peak Internal Strength bodyguard, who would ever complain about having too many experts?
He just didn’t know whether the bodyguard sent by the system would be male or female.
If it were a woman, even better—someone who could protect him at close range.
Although he had reached the peak of External Strength himself, he hadn’t yet had direct contact with any protagonists. Since he didn’t know their exact capabilities, Jiang Che naturally wanted to stay cautious.
…
At the entrance of the villa, Jiang Che quickly noticed a striking figure amidst the crowd—a girl in a purple dress.
She was surrounded tightly by Lin Qiang and the rest of the bodyguards, each of them wearing an extremely tense expression, like they were facing a powerful enemy.
“Young Master, this person is extremely dangerous. You better not approach. Please be careful,” Lin Qiang said nervously as he saw Jiang Che walking straight toward the purple-clothed girl. He followed closely behind.
“It’s fine…” Jiang Che waved his hand and walked up to the girl, silently examining her.
The girl wore a long purple dress that hugged her petite figure. Her long, slender legs were wrapped in black over-knee stockings, and she wore small leather shoes.
She had a beautiful face, skin like porcelain, red lips and white teeth, with refined and well-defined features.
Her eyes were a sharp shade of violet, like a cold, emotionless wellspring of frost.
Long purple hair cascaded over her shoulders and swayed with the wind. A few strands hung over her forehead, giving her a mature, commanding aura—but her height was just a bit over 1.5 meters. She was unmistakably a loli.
A loli with a mature aura?
The moment he saw her, Jiang Che’s mind was instantly flooded with information—memories about her origins.
She came from a shadowy organization in the dark world called “Shadow,” a silent, cold assassin who had undergone harsh, inhumane training since childhood.
With her peak Internal Strength cultivation, she had advanced smoothly through her assassination career, never once failing a mission.
Although she looked like a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old high school girl, she was actually older than Jiang Che—already twenty-three.
Today, she was in Linjiang City carrying out an assassination when the leader of Shadow suddenly contacted her, ordering her to leave the organization and fully serve Jiang Che from now on. That was why she appeared at Qingteng Villa.
She had always followed the orders of the Shadow leader without question.
Since she was told to pledge loyalty and follow all of Jiang Che’s instructions, she would obey.
Upon seeing Jiang Che, the girl dropped to one knee silently, showing her loyalty without saying a word.
The surrounding bodyguards looked at each other in shock, completely confused by this sudden turn of events.
“Rise…” Jiang Che gently helped the girl up, not surprised at all.
Having received all her background from the system, he understood her situation well.
During a training session in her childhood, she had damaged her vocal cords and had been unable to speak for years.
“Do you have a name?”
Looking at her, Jiang Che asked curiously.
The memory transmitted by the system only mentioned that her code name was “Zero”—there was no real name.
The girl shook her head slightly.
“Then… from now on, you’ll be called Xiao Yi. How does that sound?”
Jiang Che thought for a moment and then spoke again.
Seeing the purple-haired loli before him, he couldn’t help but be reminded of a character from his past life’s anime—Shaosiming.
She too was petite, had purple hair and purple eyes, always wore purple clothes, and maintained a silent demeanor without ever speaking.
Aside from differences in facial features, the girl in front of him was almost identical to the Shaosiming in his memory.
Shaosiming had a soft, oval face with willow-like brows. The girl before him had the exquisite, three-dimensional features of a Western face—instantly recognizable.
Xiao Yi gave a slight nod. Her purple eyes remained emotionless, but she accepted his naming without hesitation.
Her life had always been devoid of color. To her, the mission was everything.
Since the leader had ordered her to serve the man in front of her, she would follow through without resistance. She already regarded Jiang Che as her master in her heart.
Even if he told her to die right now, she wouldn’t hesitate.
That’s how terrifyingly effective these assassin organizations were at brainwashing their deathsworn agents.
“From now on, Xiao Yi will be my personal bodyguard. You all don’t need to worry—dismissed.”
Jiang Che waved off the group of bodyguards, then led Xiao Yi back into the villa.
Since this was an S-rank bodyguard sent by the system, Jiang Che had no doubt about her loyalty.
Driven by curiosity, Jiang Che used a probe technique on the purple-haired loli beside him.
[Name: Xiao Yi]
[Cultivation: Peak Internal Strength]
[Charm: 97]
[Identity: Number One Assassin of the Shadow Organization; Host’s maid]
[Skills: Advanced Disguise Technique, Grandmaster-Level Assassination Arts, Advanced Hacking Skills…]
[Loyalty: 100]
So it really was full loyalty…
Jiang Che thought deeply for a moment, then turned and used the probe skill on his group of bodyguards one by one.
Lin Qiang had the highest loyalty to him, a full 94.
As a deathsworn nurtured by the Jiang Family over many years, Jiang Che wasn’t surprised at Lin Qiang’s high loyalty.
Aside from Lin Qiang, the other dozen or so bodyguards all had loyalty values between 80 and 90—already very impressive.
Since Xiao Yi had such high loyalty and possessed so many skills, he could completely trust her to guard his back.
With her peak Internal Strength cultivation, she was more than qualified to serve as his personal bodyguard.
After all, according to the system, they were still in the early stages of the Destiny Timeline development. In Linjiang City, no overly powerful protagonist would appear for now. At most, they’d be on par with Xiao Yi—at the peak of Internal Strength.